<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">POLITICO</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">State human trafficking report coming Monday</b></span><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></p><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">7/24/15 5:51 PM EDT<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The State Department announced today that it will release its long-awaited annual report on human trafficking at 10 a.m. Monday.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">The report is expected to upgrade Malaysia from the tier of worst-offending countries. Some members of Congress have criticized the anticipated move as little more than politics because the trade promotion authority law bars the fast-tracking of trade deals with “tier 3” human traffickers. Malaysia is in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which negotiators are looking to wrap up in weeklong talks in Hawaii that started today.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Secretary of State John Kerry will host a ceremony at the release of the report where he will honor eight people who have had an impact on the fight against human slavery.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><em class="">— Victoria Guida</em><o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><em class=""><br class=""></em></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>